EDWARD ERNEST ALBERT TYLER
Edward is not remembered on the war memorial at Christchurch Park.
Born: 20th June 1883, Ipswich.
Baptised on the 28th June 1891 at Holy Trinity Church, Ipswich, with his sisters – Leonora Frances Genetta Tyler, born 4th April 1877; Blanche Belinda Tyler, born 20th May 1882, and Florence Agatha May Tyler, born 14th April 1889, and brothers – Oliver Robert Leonard Tyler, born 27th May 1886, and Percy William Sidney Tyler, born 19th May 1886 – family home at Eastwood Ho Coattages, Dover Road, Ipswich.
Died: 15th March 1917; age: 33; drowned when S.S. Coonagh was sunk by a submarine in the English Channel.
Residence: 1, South Street, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire.
Rank: Boatswain.
Regiment: Mercantile Marine, S.S.’Coonagh’ (Limerick).
Memorial Reference:
London.
Relatives Notified & Address: Husband of Maud Mary Tyler, of 1, South St., Middlesbrough.
Brother to PERCY WILLIAM SIDNEY TYLER.
CENSUS
1891 Eastward Ho, Cottage, Dover Road, Ipswich.
Edward was 7 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
George William Tyler, 39, a Bricklayer, born Ipswich.
Anna Tyler (nee King), 39, born Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
Leonora Frances Genetta Tyler, 14, born Ipswich.
Blanche Belinda Selina Tyler, 9, born Ipswich.
Robert Leslie Oliver Tyler, 5, born Ipswich.
Percy William Sidney Tyler, 3, born Ipswich.
Florence Agatha May Tyler, 2, born Ipswich.
1 boarder.
1901 188, Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich.
Edward was 17 years old, a Seaman. He was living with his widowed father & siblings.
George, 49, a Bricklayer.
Blanche, 19, the Housekeeper.
Edward, 17, a Seaman.
Robert, 15, a Picture Frame Maker – own account.
Percy, 13.
Florence, 11.
Edward also had an older brother, George David Tyler King, born in 1875, Playford, Suffolk.
Edward’s 4 year old brother, Bertie William Edgar Tyler, died on the 7th September 1879, in Ipswich and was buried on the 12th September in Section E, Ipswich Old Cemetery.
Percy’s mother, Annie Tyler, died in May 1892 in Ipswich and was buried on the 27th May in Ipswich Old Cemetery.
In February 1896, George Tyler, of 190 Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, was before Alfred Wrinch, Esq., and Col. John Henry Josselyn, at Ipswich Police Court. He was charged with failing to send his children regularly to school. George was fined 2s. 6d.
On the 16th March 1910, at St. Peter’s Church, Middlesbrough, 24 year old Edward, a sailor, married Maud May Stevenson, born February 1888, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire – daughter of William Stephenson, a sailor, and Emma Stephenson (nee Hooles), a boarding house keeper – own account, of 28, Durham Street, Middlesbrough.
Maud and Edward had six children:
Phyllis Evelyn Tyler, born August 1910, Middlesbrough and was baptised on the 11th September 1910, at St. Peter’s Church, Middlesbrough – family home at 28, Durham Street.
Florence Maud Tyler, born December 1912, Middlesbrough.
Lena Frances Senetta Tyler, born July 1914, Middlesbrough – died in January 1916, at 18, Beech Street, Middlesbrough.
Stockton Herald – Saturday, 29th January 1916 – MIDDLESBROUGH – A verdict of “Death from natural causes” was returned at an inquest held at the Borough Hotel, Middlesbrough, on Monday, on the body of Lena Frances Senetta Tyler, the 18 months’ old twin child of Edward Tyler, an able seaman, of 18, Beech Street.
Edward Ernest Albert Tyler, born July 1914, Middlesbrough.
Stanley Tyler, born 1916, Middlesbrough.
Leslie Tyler, born 1916, Middlesbrough – died 1919, Middlesbrough.
Edward also became a stepfather to Maud’s daughter:
Edna May Tyler Stevenson, born December 1907, Middlesbrough.
Edward is remembered on the Middlesbrough war memorial at Albert Park, North Yorkshire and at the Tower Hill Memorial, London.
Ipswich Journal – Friday, 26th August 1887 – ACCIDENT – On Monday, a little boy, Edward Tyler, aged six, whose parents reside at Norfolk Villa, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, met with a serious accident. He was at dinner when he fell off his chair, and the chair fell upon him and broke his right thigh. He was admitted to the East Suffolk Hospital soon afterwards.
Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury – Friday, 19th September 1902 –THE MISSING LINK – At Lexden and Winstree Petty Sessions on Saturday, before C.R. Gurney Hoare, Esq., in the chair, and Colonel R.S. Green, Frank Turner and Edward Tyler, mariners, of Ipswich, were charged with attempting to steal an automatic lock, valued at 35s. and 3d. in coppers, the property of the Brightlingsea Urban District Council. Mr. H. W. Chaplin, Surveyor to the Council, said that about 3:30 on the 12th September, he found the automatic lock on the lavatory had been broken off, and the screws taken out. Frank Turner was just outside the door at the time, and the other man was inside. If the lock had been taken away, the contents could have been abstracted, but when the witness saw it, the lock was hanging by the handle. The men elected for summary treatment, and Edward Tyler pleaded guilty.
P.-s. Every said that when he saw the prisoners at the Cherry Tree, they said they knew nothing about the lock. He asked to look at their knives, and Frank Turner handed him one, of which the point had been broken. He and P.-c Cook then went to the Shelter, and on searching the floor immediately under the lock, P.-c. Cook picked up the missing part of the knife. The handle of the automatic lock had been scratched with the knife. On Saturday morning, the witness arrested the two men on the Startled Fawn barge, which was lying in the Colne. Edward Tyler said he took the screws out, but had no intention of stealing the money, whilst Frank Turner admitted the knife was his, but said Edward Tyler had it all day on the 12th September. Frank Turner said he took the screws out, but he didn’t know what for – mischief he supposed, for he didn’t intend stealing the money. Each defendant was fined £1 and costs, in default 14 days’ Supt. Ackers said the men could only muster 4s. 2d. between them, but the captain of the Startled Fawn paid the money.
Evening Star – Monday, 29th June 1903 – IPSWICH POLICE COURT – At the Ipswich Borough Police Court on Monday, 29th June, Edward Tyler, a seaman, of Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, was before the Mayor of Ipswich, William John Catchpole, Esq., John May, Esq., William Alfred Churchman, Esq., and Roderick Donald Fraser, Esq., charged with fighting at Hyde Park Corner, on Saturday night. P.-c. Spencer Keeble said that at twenty minutes to eleven he saw the defendant leave the Rainbow Tavern, and rush at another man, with whom he commenced to fight. Witness separated them, but the defendant again rushed at the man and was consequently taken into custody. A witness for the prosecution stated that previous to the fight, there had been an altercation between the two men, and the defendant himself said that in the Rainbow he was interfered with over a question of change, and also because he spoke to some men who struck a young woman. Edward Tyler was bound over in 40s. to be of good behaviour for six months, and ordered to pay the costs, 5s.
E.A.D.T. – Tuesday, 6th October 1903 – PETTY ROBBERY AT IPSWICH – At the Ipswich Borough Police Court on Monday, 5th October, Edward Tyler, of Cauldwell Hall Road, Ipswich, Frank Fox, of Wherstead Road, both described as seamen, and William Smith, a labourer, of Bacon’s Buildings, St. George’s Street, Ipswich, were before John May, Esq., in the chair, and G. F. Josselyn, Esq., charged with having stolen a number of articles, worth about 20s., the property of John Charles Bye. The prosecutor is master of the barge Ammonite, which was lying in Ipswich Dock on the 15th September. At five minutes to six on the evening of that day, he left the ship, and everything was then safe, but on the following morning he found that the skylight had been taken off, and his bed berth broken into. He missed a number of articles, including two clocks, the quilt from his bed, a pair of trousers, and a pair of worsted stockings. He communicated with the police, and the result of their investigations was that Detective-sergeant Warner apprehended William Smith at his own house, where he found one of the clocks. The other clock was recovered from a man to whom it had been sold by one of the defendants, and the rest of the stolen articles, tied up in a bundle, were fished out of the Dock by Police-constable Hughes and Nunn. Edward Tyler and Frank Fox were engaged on the barge Alert and had gone in her to Newcastle-on-Tyne, where they were apprehended. The defendants had made statements implicating each other, both Edward Tyler and Frank Fox placing the blame more particularly on William Smith. Frank Fox declared that he was made drunk by his two companions, and while in that condition, was forced by them to steal the things. The father of this man said that, if his son had not been tempted into getting drunk by the others, he would never have stood in the position he did.
Edward Tyler: He wasn’t made drunk by us, for he wasn’t with us during the evening.
The Bench passed sentence of one month’s imprisonment upon William Smith and Edward Tyler, but dealt with Frank Fox under the First Offenders Act, discharging him upon his father entering into recognisances that he should come up for judgement if called upon.
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